Old Cowboys

Mike Franklin · 07-07-2008, 07:47 PM

There's getting to be a trend in CAS. We're getting older and older and young guys aren't joining. Our kids and grandkids weren't brought up on Cowboy TV and movies. They're more likely to be out fighting with plastic light sabers or pretending that their electric razor is a phazer. CAS Membership locally, San Antonio area, is slipping.

elmer fudd · 07-07-2008, 08:30 PM

well i didnt watch the old westerns much like gunsmoke but now that im older and have a longer tenscion span (not much! LOL) i liked the older ones like lonesome dove and the cowboys but i was born into a rodeo atmasphere my dad broke horses and rodeoed so i liked it now i break all the horses cuz he broke his pelvis a few years back and i also go to the rodeos rope a calf get on a bull and at one rodeo they let me bareback ride they go by age so next year i will be able to bulldog i have allready started practicing for it and i will also bareback, saddle broce, calf rope, probobly team rope, and i think i will quit bull ridding so ya theres still young cowboys

LakerDad · 07-07-2008, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike Franklin

There's getting to be a trend in CAS. We're getting older and older and young guys aren't joining. Our kids and grandkids weren't brought up on Cowboy TV and movies. They're more likely to be out fighting with plastic light sabers or pretending that their electric razor is a phazer. CAS Membership locally, San Antonio area, is slipping.

wow...we used to play Roy and Dale cowboy games, I had a Rifleman cap rifle, seen some for well over $500 on ebay. The TV sure had a lot of good western show back in the 60's. the movies were pretty ggod too! we even had spurs that gingled and of course we had dad's red bandana's to be "real" bandits...

Have Gun Will Travel...TKS!

billy · 07-09-2008, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Mike Franklin

There's getting to be a trend in CAS. We're getting older and older and young guys aren't joining. Our kids and grandkids weren't brought up on Cowboy TV and movies. They're more likely to be out fighting with plastic light sabers or pretending that their electric razor is a phazer. CAS Membership locally, San Antonio area, is slipping.

i noticed when i was looking for a double gun belt i had to special order one with a 32 in. waist.
they were all bigger than that.
so i guess most of us are getting older AND fatter!

wunhunglo · 07-09-2008, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by billy

i noticed when i was looking for a double gun belt i had to special order one with a 32 in. waist.
they were all bigger than that.
so i guess most of us are getting older AND fatter!

Yup, when I got to the 36" belt size that's when I realized it was time to do something about it and vowed then I'd never need to buy any size 36"again! Many years on I'm still hovering on the 32-34 mark.

(Maybe it's just because I'm Scots and don't like spending money on new clothes!)

rebel727 · 07-09-2008, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike Franklin

There's getting to be a trend in CAS. We're getting older and older and young guys aren't joining. Our kids and grandkids weren't brought up on Cowboy TV and movies. They're more likely to be out fighting with plastic light sabers or pretending that their electric razor is a phazer. CAS Membership locally, San Antonio area, is slipping.

I think membership is up nationwide. There's new members showing up at the SASS Wire almost every day. I joined SASS about a year and a half ago and my badge number is 73545. It's up to 82000 or close to it now. Of course not all of us are active shooters for one reason or another.

Mike Franklin · 07-09-2008, 07:36 PM

Yeah, and there's bunchs of Shooters who've quite, got to old to shoot or even died.

RugerBob · 07-10-2008, 03:43 AM

I renewed my membership for my 2nd year about a month ago. I still had not seen a match till a few weeks ago when I participated in my 1st match. With work and family plans it just never fit in. I do all I can to just get some early AM range time on sundays. Trying to plan ahead of time so I can hit a shoot in september here. Bob

nathangdad · 07-10-2008, 04:43 AM

you need a little market research with younger shooters. They may want to use more modern guns in more updated scenes such as a sort of movie set backdrop for sci-fi, international police, disaster, and so on.

I think expanding the shooting experience is your best avenue.

Take some polls.

elmer fudd · 07-10-2008, 04:02 PM

i think it should be the parents responceability to introduce them to cool stuff like my dad did to rodeo instead of tv thats my other 2 cents

rebel727 · 07-10-2008, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by nathangdad

you need a little market research with younger shooters. They may want to use more modern guns in more updated scenes such as a sort of movie set backdrop for sci-fi, international police, disaster, and so on.

I think expanding the shooting experience is your best avenue.

Take some polls.

If they did that it wouldn't be the Single Action Shooting Society or Cowboy Action Shooting would it?
I(mostly)like it the way it is.

cold queso · 07-11-2008, 06:13 PM

They just added a category that allows 1911's. I don't think that's good for the game. It needs to stay "cowboy", like REBEL727 said.

rebel727 · 07-11-2008, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by cold queso

They just added a category that allows 1911's. I don't think that's good for the game. It needs to stay "cowboy", like REBEL727 said.

That's not a category. That's a Wild Bunch match based on the movie.

DWFan · 07-11-2008, 10:23 PM

I understood that only weapons based on designs available in the 1800's were able to participate. 1903 and 1911 is a bit late and shouldn't even be there. The "cowboy" generation is slowly dying off, like it or not. Aside from sporatic offerings like 3:10 to Yuma, when have you seen a really quality western in the theatres lately?

rebel727 · 07-12-2008, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by DWFan

I understood that only weapons based on designs available in the 1800's were able to participate. 1903 and 1911 is a bit late and shouldn't even be there. The "cowboy" generation is slowly dying off, like it or not. Aside from sporatic offerings like 3:10 to Yuma, when have you seen a really quality western in the theatres lately?

Basically the time frame for CAS matches is 1860-1899 with some restrictions and some allowances. For instance the 97 Winchester shotgun is the only pump gun allowed and Rugers and the Henry Big Boy are allowed while any double action revolver whether historically correct or not isn't. Wild Bunch matches are once in awhile events not done every month. I dunno about the cowboy generation dying off since SASS memberships are still climbing and it ain't exactly cheap. There's new members on the SASS Wire almost every day and they're not old timers for the most part. There's a lot of kids shooting at matches too.

Mike Franklin · 07-12-2008, 08:51 PM

We, some club officers who mostly belong to a couple of different clubs, had a meeting today. The general consensus is that we're having problems with the ranges we're using. One of the bigger clubs lost their range and the smallest club is having problems with a new owner at their range. I think our local clubs need to buy our own property.

07-07-2008, 07:47 PM	#1
Mike Franklin Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Poteet, Texas Posts: 1,276	Old Cowboys There's getting to be a trend in CAS. We're getting older and older and young guys aren't joining. Our kids and grandkids weren't brought up on Cowboy TV and movies. They're more likely to be out fighting with plastic light sabers or pretending that their electric razor is a phazer. CAS Membership locally, San Antonio area, is slipping. __________________ Aim real good we're nearly out of ammo.

07-07-2008, 08:30 PM	#2
elmer fudd Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: pheasant country USA! Posts: 1,941	well i didnt watch the old westerns much like gunsmoke but now that im older and have a longer tenscion span (not much! LOL) i liked the older ones like lonesome dove and the cowboys but i was born into a rodeo atmasphere my dad broke horses and rodeoed so i liked it now i break all the horses cuz he broke his pelvis a few years back and i also go to the rodeos rope a calf get on a bull and at one rodeo they let me bareback ride they go by age so next year i will be able to bulldog i have allready started practicing for it and i will also bareback, saddle broce, calf rope, probobly team rope, and i think i will quit bull ridding so ya theres still young cowboys __________________ spur hard, shoot straight, party hardy!

07-09-2008, 07:36 PM	#7
Mike Franklin Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Poteet, Texas Posts: 1,276	Yeah, and there's bunchs of Shooters who've quite, got to old to shoot or even died. __________________ Aim real good we're nearly out of ammo.

07-10-2008, 04:43 AM	#9
nathangdad Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 2,474	Maybe, . . . . you need a little market research with younger shooters. They may want to use more modern guns in more updated scenes such as a sort of movie set backdrop for sci-fi, international police, disaster, and so on. I think expanding the shooting experience is your best avenue. Take some polls.

07-10-2008, 04:02 PM	#10
elmer fudd Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: pheasant country USA! Posts: 1,941	i think it should be the parents responceability to introduce them to cool stuff like my dad did to rodeo instead of tv thats my other 2 cents __________________ spur hard, shoot straight, party hardy!

07-10-2008, 03:43 AM	#8
RugerBob Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 67	I renewed my membership for my 2nd year about a month ago. I still had not seen a match till a few weeks ago when I participated in my 1st match. With work and family plans it just never fit in. I do all I can to just get some early AM range time on sundays. Trying to plan ahead of time so I can hit a shoot in september here. Bob

07-11-2008, 06:13 PM	#12
cold queso Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Minnesota Posts: 112	They just added a category that allows 1911's. I don't think that's good for the game. It needs to stay "cowboy", like REBEL727 said.

07-11-2008, 10:23 PM	#14
DWFan Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: N. Texas Posts: 696 Blog Entries: 2	I understood that only weapons based on designs available in the 1800's were able to participate. 1903 and 1911 is a bit late and shouldn't even be there. The "cowboy" generation is slowly dying off, like it or not. Aside from sporatic offerings like 3:10 to Yuma, when have you seen a really quality western in the theatres lately?

07-12-2008, 08:51 PM	#16
Mike Franklin Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Poteet, Texas Posts: 1,276	We, some club officers who mostly belong to a couple of different clubs, had a meeting today. The general consensus is that we're having problems with the ranges we're using. One of the bigger clubs lost their range and the smallest club is having problems with a new owner at their range. I think our local clubs need to buy our own property. __________________ Aim real good we're nearly out of ammo.